Monday, June 16, 2008 | Dr. TAHER ALWAN

Under the Monument to Freedom (Alhuria)

Under the Monument to FreedomStands an old man with a childThey came through the North GateDrunk water in the summer heat of BagdadAnd contemplated the Monument to FreedomThe child was paleThe old man’s face was worn with ageThe moments passed and suddenlyThe foreign soldiers cameStamping their boots and shoutingThe child was scaredThe old man sheltered under the Monument to FreedomAnd looking up cried out:Oh strange soldiers,Has freedom been crucified on the Monument to Freedom?

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